Lode Van Hecke OCSO (born 16 March 1950) is a Belgian Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of Ghent.

After graduating from secondary school he spent a year at Bruges seminary and then studied philosophy at KU Leuven.

He interrupted his studies for military service and became secretary to the head chaplain of the Belgian army.

He obtained the degree of Licentiate of Sacred Theology from KU Leuven in 1988, with a thesis on Bernard of Clairvaux,[4] and was ordained to the priesthood on 20 August 1995.

[2][6] He received his episcopal consecration from Jozef De Kesel, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, on 23 February 2020 in a service attended by Queen Paola and representatives of the Muslim and Jewish communities; Trappist beer was served at the reception that followed.